Or vs. Are

Or vs. Are — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Or and Are

Orconjunction

Used to indicate an alternative, usually only before the last term of a series

hot or cold.this, that, or the other.

Areverb

Second person singular and plural and first and third person plural present indicative of be.

Orconjunction

Used to indicate the second of two alternatives, the first being preceded by either or whether

Your answer is either ingenious or wrong. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Arenoun

A metric unit of area equal to 100 square meters (119.6 square yards).

Orconjunction

(Archaic) Used to indicate the first of two alternatives, with the force of either or whether.

Arenoun

Grace, mercy.

To bid God's are.God's are is what children of God seek.
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Orconjunction

Used to indicate a synonymous or equivalent expression

acrophobia, or fear of great heights.

Arenoun

(obsolete) Honour, dignity.

Orconjunction

Used to indicate uncertainty or indefiniteness

two or three.

Arenoun

(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

Orconjunction

Before. Followed by ever or ere

"I doubt he will be dead or ere I come" (Shakespeare).

Arenoun

a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters

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Ornoun

A logical operator that returns a true value if one or both operands are true.

Ornoun

Gold, represented in heraldic engraving by a white field sprinkled with small dots.

Orpreposition

Before.

Orconjunction

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either{{...}}or".

Orconjunction

Logical union of two sets of values. There are two forms, an exclusive or and an inclusive or.

Orconjunction

Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.

Orconjunction

Otherwise; a consequence of the condition that the previous is false

It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!

Orconjunction

Connects two equivalent names.

the country Myanmar or Burma

Ornoun

alternative form of OR

Ornoun

(tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Oradjective

(tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

Oradverb

(obsolete) Early (on).

Oradverb

(obsolete) Earlier, previously.

Orpreposition

Before; ere.

Ornoun

a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

Ornoun

a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations;

great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic